He was talking about when he said trump reimbursed mike cohen for his hush money payment to Stormy Daniels just before the 2016 election. Ill tell you what, rudy is a great guy but he just started a day ago. But he really has his heart into it. Hes working hard. Hes learning the subject matter. And hes going to be issuing a statement, too. But he is a great guy. He knows its a witch hunt. Thats what he knows pep started yesterday. Hell get his facts straight. Hes a great guy. Well, that flies in the face of what giuliani told nbc news last night. Youre not going to see daylight between the president and me. Trump today distanced himselves from that Giuliani Media blitz that was while designed to clear the president of potential Campaign Finance violations seems to have increased his legal exposure. That was money that was paid by his lawyer the way i would do out of his law firm funds or whatever funds, doesnt matter. The president reimbursed that over a period of several months. Imagi
Nail on the head in this particular circumstance. The problem for the mayor is he gets a little loose in the turn, to use a nascar express. Sometimes he will Say Something and then have to back it up with granular detail. In this instance think its fair to say if he is technically correct it was a terrible look for the white house. Again, this is what happens when you have a lot of surrogates out there and some of whom are used to being in the media and are comfortable in the media but dont have the message discipline you need to have. In the case of the mayor this will probably get worse before it gets better. You point out we are in dallas, texas. A beautiful event center here. The Convention Center is spectacular as we await the president of the United States. You have been watching the Vice President has been up and talking about not just the need for this organization, for so many americans. This is more than a lobbying group or a weekend warrior activity for a great many american
Surprise moved into a pr conversation about how the trump team would position this and what they could say about this that no one to my recollection asked. So whats coming next from the russians, how might we stop it, whats the future look like. Good morning and welcome to a. M. Joy. In a move that has donald trump rage tweeting all morning, former fbi director james comey is spilling all the tea with a new book and media blitz starting tonight. Telling his version of events surrounding the 2016 election in the early days of the Trump Administration. While it may be seen as an attempt to clear his name, comey is after all the man the clinton camp blames for their loss. He pulls no punches when it comes to donald trump. In his book he describes in detail trumps attempts to bring him into a mafia like political family that values loyalty to donald trump above all else. The quote, forest fire, that is the Trump Administration. Trump world and its allies in the gop are already on the attac
Youll remember he revealed that the president reimbursed Michael Cohen for the 130,000 hush money payment. There are new details that just broke within the last half ap hour about when the president learned of that payment to Stormy Daniels. According to the New York Times President Trump knew about a six figure payment that michael d. Cohen, his personal lawyer, made to a pornographic film actress several months before he denied any knowledge of it to reporters aboard air force one in april, according to two people familiar with the arrangement. The times reports its not immediately clear exactly when the president learned of the payment that the Michael Cohen made in october of 2016. But, quote, three people close to the matter said mr. Trump new mr. Cohen had succeeded in keeping the allegations from coming public at the time the president denied it. Also breaking, new developments from the wall street journal about Michael Cohens access to cash, the journal reports, he gained acces
Statements about the Stormy Daniels case that have the legal team unrealing and can they undo the damage. If it is fair. President would like to Robert Mueller about the russia investigation only if, quote, they could prove it is a fair situation. Talks to arrange an interview continue as a decision coming soon. And doing really well. The president is upbeat about north korea ahead of his summit with kim jongun as his administration works with the release of three americans held by the kim regime but his criticizing previous administrations for what he calls a policy of silence on north korea. Wolf blitzer is on assignment. Im jim acosta. Youre in the situation room. Announcer this is cnn breaking news. And we are following breaking news. New fallout in a blistering critique of Rudy Giulianis first interview as the trumps new lawyer. A source used an expletive to see how the legal team reviewed his performance and even as the president and Rudy Giuliani try to walk back the bombshell s